Sébastien Hinault (born 11 February 1974) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1997 and 2014, competing in seventeen Grand Tours. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam . Career Born in Saint-Brieuc, Hinault debuted in 1997 with the French team , which later became , and has competed in the Tour de France five times. After Crédit Agricole disbanded in 2008, Hinault joined . Hinault left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new team for the 2013 season. Hinault retired from competition at the end of the 2014 season and in October 2014 was announced as a directeur sportif for the team for 2015. Although they share the same birthplace and surname, he is not related to former champion cyclist Bernard Hinault. Major results 1999 4th Tro-Bro Léon 8th Grand Prix de Denain 9th Overall Tour du Limousin 2000 1st Tour du Finistère 4th Trofeo Pantalica 6th Overall Tour du Limousin 6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 6th Tour de Vendée 7th Cholet-Pays de Loire 7th À Travers le Morbihan 10th Paris–Camembert 2001 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour de France 2002 3rd Tro-Bro Léon 10th Tour du Finistère 2003 1st Stage 4 Tour de Pologne 2nd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers 3rd Classic Loire Atlantique 6th Grand Prix de Rennes 8th Classic Haribo 10th Cholet-Pays de Loire 2004 1st Stage 4 Deutschland Tour 3rd Classic Haribo 3rd Tour de Vendée 2005 3rd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge 1st Stage 2 5th Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts 9th Tro-Bro Léon 2006 1st Stage 8 Tour de Langkawi 1st Stage 4 Tour de Picardie 1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin 3rd Tour de Vendée 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 10th Brabantse Pijl 2007 1st Stage 3 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 4th Boucles de l'Aulne 9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 2008 1st Overall Tour du Limousin 1st Stage 3 1st Stage 10 Vuelta a España 2009 4th Overall Tour du Limousin 6th Paris–Bourges 2010 9th Overall Paris–Roubaix 9th Overall Vattenfall Cyclassics 2011 8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 2012 1st Boucles de l'Aulne 3rd Tour de Vendée 4th Overall Circuit de Lorraine 1st Stage 3 2013 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 9th Tour du Jura Grand Tour general classification results timeline References External links French male cyclists 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint-Brieuc French Vuelta a España stage winners Directeur sportifs